S.A. dancer up for MTV prize; could be our first reality winner

Ah, shucks! Country-crooning Austin beauty Kendall Beard was great Tuesday night, but she still didn’t make it into “American Idol’s” Top 12.

She wasn’t part of the three who were voted through tonight. And double whammy!

She also won’t be considered Thursday on the “wild card” show, which will determine the final three of the lucky dozen. She wasn’t even one of the judges’ eight “wild card” picks announced tonight.

However, there is a TV talent competition — helmed by “Idol’s” Randy Jackson, no less — heading into the finals Thursday which does feature a wildly gifted performer from San Antonio.

Lindsey Blaufarb (the brunette at far left in photo) is a member of Beat Freaks, the all-girl dance crew that, after wowing the judges of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” for weeks, made it into the last face-off.

(Special to the Express-News)

Their opponents? An all-boy dance team called Quest that’s also dynamite. But hey, the beauteous Beat Freaks not only boasts a San Antonio hoofer but two other Texans as well.

Best part? You can have a say in both teams’ fates and which one will win the $100,000 prize. Just go to “America’s Best Dance Crew” on MTV.com and vote as many times as you like. (You can also watch the two rivals’ performances on the Web site.)

But do it fast; you only have until midnight.

Results will be announced at 9 p.m. Thursday.

Wouldn’t it be great to see Blaufarb, who attended Northeast School District’s ISA School of Performing Arts and whose S.A. mom has been doing her darnedest to get the vote out, crowned a dancing queen?